NHTSA Complaint #11024609 — 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A LUND BOAT TRAILER EQUIPPED WITH CARLISLE RADIAL TIRES, SIZE: 185/80/R13 (NA). THE TRAILER WAS BEING HAULED BY A 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE BOAT TRAILER AND VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER AND FOUND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TRAILER TIRE THREAD HAD SEPARATED, CAUSING THE BOAT'S FRONT FENDER TO FRACTURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE TRAILER TO AN UNKNOWN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND HAD THE TIRE REPLACED WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE TRAILER MILEAGE WAS NOT APPLICABLE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.